Reading and writing.

[foxmonkey]

So...if you write fic, do you read it as well?

I'm asking because I read a comment in a community where the poster (a writer) said that she rarely reads other people's fic unless it's recommended. This just boggles the hell out of me. I get the theory (bad!fic abounds!) but...well, I just can't wrap my brain around it.

Maybe I'm just a Philistine who'll read anything that's put in her path. ;-) Well, not everything, I do have standards, but, yeah. I don't need a rec to read. Hmmm. Just wondering if this is more common than not.

Comments

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

the two things that force me to writing are *not* reading, or reading something sublime.

Yes! One of those pieces that makes you feel all...I can't even describe it, and the first thing you want to do is get your own thoughts out there.

[stungunbilly.livejournal.com]

You've got it in one. You feel indescribable, and you just want to jump in with a full heart. I love that feeling so much!!! I can never have genuine judgement about a story that makes me feel that way, I'm too giddy. I'm always convinced it's a masterpiece.
The Spike's Angel/Xander story made me feel that way, and some of Rachel Anton's Scully/Krycek stories, and Sarah Ellen Parsons, and oh, Jane St. Clair. Te. Shalott. Anna S. Amber who-is-no-more because she's published did, and gah, who's that one relentlessly excellent popslash writer? Rhys, that's it. Synchronik's bus stuff.
::happy place::

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

a full heart

Yes, yes, yes. A full heart, yes. Wow...I'm getting all giddy thinking about how it makes me feel! There've been a few stories I've read that affected me that way, like a written kick to the head. You're sitting there looking at the screen going, eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Love that feeling, yes.